What to do if your fingers are inflexible and stiff

Finger inflexibility and stiffness should be treated according to the cause of the general treatment, drug therapy, physical therapy and surgical treatment, etc. It may be caused by rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, tenosynovitis, nerve compression and other reasons. 1. Rheumatoid arthritis: the typical performance is morning stiffness, relieved after activity, accompanied by joint swelling, pain and other conditions, belongs to the immune disease, at this time you need to take anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs such as etoricoxib or methotrexate and other anti-rheumatic drugs. 2. Osteoarthritis: also manifested as finger inflexibility, belonging to the joints of localized diseases, at this time you can use hot compresses, massage, ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy, severe cases of feasible joint replacement surgery and other methods of treatment. 3. Tenosynovitis: due to long-term activities of the fingers, tendons and tendon sheaths of long-term friction to produce aseptic inflammation, leading to the activities of the fingers when the phenomenon of jamming and pain. Oral ibuprofen and other drugs for pain treatment, but also see the hot compresses, baked electricity and other physical therapy, severe surgical tenosynovectomy treatment. 4. Nerve compression: for example, carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical spondylosis, etc. will cause nerve irritation, compression, so that the movement is not flexible, at this time you can carry out surgery and other methods of treatment, such as nerve release surgery. Finger inflexibility can also be caused by cerebrovascular lesions, so when you find this symptom, you need to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor, so as not to delay the condition. Drugs should be applied according to the doctor’s instructions, avoid unauthorized use of drugs.